We The Church: One Flock, One Shepherd

Christ the King Church.

We as a church have an unprecedented opportunity in front of us.

We have been uniquely placed as a church in this city at this time

with all of us to make an impact for Jesus.

We are uniquely positioned to make a compelling case to the people of our city

that God the Father has sent God the Son to die in the place of sinners

and to gather a people, a diverse people unto himself.

The case that we have to make as a church is not a logical argument

for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, though that may come in time.

The case that our Lord Jesus, our Good Shepherd, is calling us to make

is to love one another.

It's what Francis Schaeffer calls the final apologetic.

As we love one another across differences and cultural divides,

as we love one another as Christ has loved us,

we're going to communicate to our city, the world,

that yes, God has sent his Son.

And yes, Jesus does change people

to live in love in ways that don't make any sense to the rest of the world.

At the end of last Sunday's service,

one of our elders, Brian Whittington, closed with this question.

With the revelation that Jesus, the Good Shepherd,

has laid down his life for his sheep,

how does that inform, shape, and change

our understanding of all the people

who gather in this body Sunday after Sunday?

How does that inform our understanding of the church?

We the church.

For the month of February and March,

we are looking at the Bible to understand

what God says about the church,

and our prayer is this,

that we would think about the church

the way that God our Father thinks about the church,

that we would feel about the church

the way that Jesus feels about his church,

and that we would prioritize the church

the way that the Holy Spirit prioritizes his church

in reaching a world for Christ.

So we're looking at different New Testament pictures

of the blood-bought people of God.

The church is the blood-bought people of God

indwelt by the Holy Spirit on mission for Christ.

So all throughout the New Testament,

we see different ways that God describes his people.

The church is the bride of Christ.

The church is the body of Christ.

The church is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

The church is a royal priesthood, a holy nation.

The church is a family of God.

The church is a bunch of refugees,

strangers and aliens, living in a foreign land.

The church is salt and light in a dark place,

a city on a hill.

And last week, we started to look at the church

as the flock of God.

We are one united flock

following one exclusive shepherd.

All of these images of the church

communicate the relationship

between God and his people at this time.

And when we turn to John chapter 10,

John 10 · chapter mention

there's one little phrase that stands out

in verse 16.

We are one flock,

one shepherd.

We are one united flock

following one exclusive shepherd.

And so last week, what I tried to show you

is I tried to make a case

for how our good shepherd

is a one-of-a-kind good shepherd.

One-of-a-kind in his authority over his sheep.

One-of-a-kind in his relationship,

his knowing of his sheep.

One-of-a-kind in his care for the sheep.

Remember, he's the door.

One-of-a-kind in his sacrifice for his sheep.

He laid his life down for his sheep.

One-of-a-kind in his mission of gathering sheep

from different sheepfolds

together into one flock,

one shepherd,

following one voice.

And he's one-of-a-kind

in the promise he makes to his sheep.

Nobody can snatch my sheep

out of my hand or my father's hand.

He is our one exclusive shepherd.

There's nobody like him.

But this morning, in part two,

what does it mean for us

to be one united flock

following him?

How does that inform,

shape,

change

the way that we think about ourselves

in this time and in this place?

So here's what I'd like to do.

Let's look at John 10,

and we're going to see

five unifying truths

about being a flock,

one flock with one shepherd.

And what you're going to see

as I get to point five,

there's a lot riding on this.

So five unifying truths

of being one flock

following one shepherd.

I just want to let you know,

if you want to amen,

amen.

The first unifying truth is this.

We see it in chapter 10,

verse 3,

chapter 10,

verse 4,

chapter 10,

verse 5,

chapter 10,

verse 6.

It shows up in the word

voice.

We are united

as one flock

by one voice.

The voice

of our good shepherd.

Read with me,

John chapter 10,

John 10:3

verse 3.

To him,

the gatekeeper opens,

the sheep hear

his voice.

And he calls his own

sheep by name

and leads them out.

When he's brought out

all his own,

he gets before them

and the sheep follow him

for they know

his voice.

Verse 5,

for they do not know

the voice of strangers.

Verse 16,

I must bring them

these sheep

from different

non-Jewish folds,

the Gentile sheep

from Gentile folds

and subfolds

of Gentiles.

I must bring them

and also

and they will listen

to my voice

so there will be

one sheep,

one flock,

one shepherd.

Here's the claim.

The good shepherd,

Jesus,

the risen Christ,

is speaking today.

He's calling a people

out to himself.

A people out

to himself

and he's gathering

them as one flock.

And his voice

doesn't stop

with you,

your conversion

of getting called

out to him.

We follow his voice

ongoingly.

He is the sheep

who leads in front

of his flock.

Do you remember

in John 6,

Jesus has just

said some really

hard things

to a bunch

of people

who are saying

they want to

follow him.

He says things

like this,

hey,

you've got to

eat my flesh

and you've got

to drink my blood

and people

were just

disgusted.

And so you know

what happens

in John 6?

People stop

following Jesus.

And Jesus

turns to his 12

and he says

to them,

hey,

do you want

to go as well?

Now's the time

to get off

the Jesus train?

And Peter responds,

he says this,

Lord,

to whom

shall we go?

You have

the words

of eternal life,

your voice.

And we have

believed

and have come

to know

that you are

the Holy One

of God,

the Messiah.

Your voice.

We follow

your voice.

all who

the Father

has given

the Son

will come

to recognize,

believe,

obey,

follow the

voice of

their good

shepherd.

And if you

look down

to verse 16,

we read,

and I have

other sheep

that are not

of this fold.

Remember,

Jesus is speaking

John 10

to an audience

of Jews

and he's

saying to them,

I've got sheep

not here

in the Jewish

fold,

I've got

sheep

in the Gentile

fold,

and I must

bring them

in also,

and they

will hear

my voice.

When we think

about the city

of Kenosha,

I don't know

if you've driven

around the city,

y'all,

there's a bunch

of different

neighborhoods,

and these

different neighborhoods

are marked

by a variety

of different things,

different kinds

of homes,

different kinds

of people

living in those

homes,

different crime

rates,

different school

kind of quality.

It varies from

neighborhood to

neighborhood,

and here's what

I want to put

in your minds.

Think about a

neighborhood as

a neighbor fold,

a little fold

of sheep.

And what I

believe God

is calling us

to,

and many in

this room

believe,

is that the

good shepherd

shepherd is

calling to

himself sheep

from a variety

of different

neighbor folds

in our city

to form one

flock with

him as his

one shepherd,

and we all

together follow

his voice.

We obey his

voice.

Have you ever

played the game

Marco Polo?

Summertime?

Oh, I would love

to be in the

summertime right now.

In a pool,

playing with your

kids or your

friends, and if

you're it, you're

Marco, and you've

got to close your

eyes, and you're

like, Marco, and

then the people

you're playing with,

they say, Polo, and

the idea is if you

can locate the

voice and go

after and tag

them, they're it.

We locate and

go after Jesus by

his voice.

And do you

know where to

go to listen

to Jesus?

Do you know

where the primary

place is to hear

the voice of

Jesus?

The definitive

place to go for

the voice of

Jesus?

The final place

to go to hear

the voice of

Jesus?

You go to this

book.

You don't look

inward, you look

to the book.

You go to the

words.

All of these

words in this

book are breathed

out by God and

profitable.

Each one is

authoritative because

they originated in

the mind of God.

And all of these

words, in some

way, some fashion,

point to Jesus.

And the Gospels

in particular, they

record his voice.

And ironically, we're

reading a passage

where Jesus' voice is

recorded talking

about his voice.

And his words are

living and active.

Today, in his

words that call us

to lay down your

lives, come after

me, they are

living.

And when his

sheep hear that,

they respond.

His voice unites

us together to

follow our good

shepherd.

Our ears are

turned to him

and tuned to

him.

I want to just

make one other

point before we

move on.

One of the ways

that you can

discern Jesus'

voice, he's

always calling you

to come to him,

come after him.

It's all about

him.

Come after me.

All you who are

weary and heavy

laden, come to

me.

So the question I

want to ask you

this morning,

Christ the King

Church, is are you

listening to the

voice of Jesus?

Are you seeking

out his voice in

the word?

Go to him.

God.

It's a great

case to be

regularly planting

yourself in one

of the gospels.

We are united

together by his

voice and he's

going to lead us

by his voice.

The second unifying

truth is that we

are united by our

relationship with

him.

In verse 14,

Jesus says this,

I am the good

shepherd.

I know my

own and my

own know me.

And so the

question becomes

what kind of

knowledge?

What kind of

knowing?

Well, if you look

at verse 15, he

explains what kind

of knowing he

means.

He says, just as

the Father knows

me and I know

the Father.

Do you know what

kind of knowing

he's describing

right there?

Being in

personal relationship

with someone.

Just as Jesus is

in personal

relationship with

his Father, we

are to be in

personal relationship

with our good

shepherd.

There's no one

like him.

Here's how that

relationship works.

If you observe

Jesus' life

throughout the

gospels, there's

so much you'll

learn about him.

There's no one

like him.

And you see

Jesus interacting

with his Father

and he's regularly

pouring out his

heart to his

Father.

It's informative

for us because

we are to pour

out our hearts

to our good

shepherd.

Because we know

him.

We're in personal

relationship to him.

And so when we

all are pouring

out our hearts

to the good

shepherd,

it unites us.

We're united not

just on an

individual relationship,

but we relate to

him as a flock

too in our

gathering Sunday

by Sunday.

Have you ever

been to like a

party?

When you're

showing up to

the party and

you're drinking

some punch and

some other person

kind of walks up

and you start

making small talk

and then you're

comparing notes a

little bit and

you're like,

wait, you know

George?

And you're like,

I know George,

do you know

George?

And so all of a

sudden you realize

you have this

common friend.

And then you

start comparing

notes on your

common friend and

you start laughing

a lot because

George is a freak

show and you

both know it.

All of a sudden

those people who

share that friend

are united.

And brothers and

sisters, we all

share a common

friend, a common

Lord and the

good shepherd.

We're united by

our being in

relationship to

him.

I have found

myself for the

last two weeks,

I was telling

Billy and Matt,

I've been doing a

lot of good shepherd

praying because as

I've been seeped in

John 10, I just

can't, I can't get

around how amazing

he is.

And it informs my

praying.

Oh good shepherd,

oh good shepherd,

would you call this

man to yourself?

Oh good shepherd,

would you provide my

brother with the

help he needs?

Oh good shepherd,

I'm scared.

Oh good shepherd,

I'm exhausted.

Oh good shepherd,

I don't know what to

do with my child.

Oh good shepherd,

oh good shepherd,

lead me, help me,

help me to hear your

voice.

Yes.

Do you know and love

your good shepherd

better than he did a

year ago?

We are in a personal

relationship with him.

Each of us, we share

him together.

We're united in our

relating to him.

And he knows us in and

out.

The third unifying truth

is this.

We all, we're united by

his care for us.

In verse 7, Jesus says,

truly, truly, truly, I

say to you, I am the

door of the sheep.

All who come before me

are thieves and robbers,

but the sheep did not

listen to my, but the

sheep did not listen to

them.

I am the door.

If anyone enters by me,

he will be saved and

will go in and out and

find pasture.

The thief comes only to

steal and kill and

destroy.

I came that they might

have life and have it

abundantly.

I tried to explain to

you last week that back

in the first century, in

the Middle East, sheep

folds were not this very

impressive architectural

event.

So you would have like a

wall in a village or a

wall in a house and the

shepherds would build this

kind of twisted kind of

stick, kind of bulky kind

of wall to form a sheep

fold.

And then there would be an

entryway.

And not every entryway had

a door.

So it wasn't unusual for a

shepherd to put himself in

the entryway of a sheep

fold as the door.

And in so doing, that

shepherd would keep out the

bad guys, verse 8, and he

would also love his sheep by

letting them out and in to

out to find the verdant

pastures, the green, rich

pastures, and to come back

in and to find shelter.

It's a picture of provision

and protection.

It's a picture of life.

Abundant life.

The good shepherd is

constantly providing for and

protecting his sheep.

His sheep.

And it raises a question.

Well, how does he do that

today?

It's 2020.

I don't see Jesus outside

in front of this building.

What's up?

Well, the good shepherd,

who is also the chief

shepherd,

he appoints under-shepherds

to shepherd local flocks

to provide and protect

his sheep.

You remember in John 21,

Jesus is reinstating Peter.

I mentioned this last week

three times.

Do you love me, Peter?

Lord, you know I do.

Feed my lambs.

Do you love me?

Lord, you know I do.

Feed my sheep.

Do you love me?

Three times.

Peter denied him.

Three times.

Do you love me?

Lord, you know everything.

Feed my sheep.

My sheep.

If you flip back in your Bibles

to 1 Peter 5,

this same Peter

is writing to a bunch of elders

of some churches

in a particular region

and this same Peter

says,

so I exhort the elders among you

as a fellow elder

and a witness of the sufferings

of Christ

as well as a partaker

in the glory

that is going to be revealed.

Shepherd the flock of God

that is among you.

Exercising oversight,

not under compulsion,

but willingly.

So God,

as God would have you,

not for shameful gain,

but eagerly.

Not domineering over those

in your charge,

but being examples

to the flock.

And when the chief shepherd

appears,

you will receive

the unfading crown

of glory.

If you turn to Acts 20,

Acts 20:28

verse 28,

the apostle Paul

is heading back

to Jerusalem

from his second missionary journey.

He's trying to make

as much time as possible

and so he's going to land

in a port town

called Miletus

and he sends

for the elder team

of the church of Ephesus

and he says,

guys,

you've got to meet me here

in Miletus.

I've got to tell you

some things

because I'm not going

to see you again.

And so when he lands

and they gather,

one of the things he says

in verse 28,

so this is the apostle Paul

to this Ephesian shepherd team,

elder team.

He says,

pay careful attention

to yourselves

and to all the flock

in which the Holy Spirit

has made you overseers

to care for the church of God

which he obtained

with his own blood.

Today,

the good shepherd

cares for his sheep

through the humble oversight

of a team of qualified

under shepherds,

a.k.a. elders,

pastors,

overseers.

And the New Testament norm

is that these elders

serve together

on a team

in a plurality

for the health

of the sheep

because elders

need to be shepherded too.

One of the things

I love about my New Testament

are the qualifications

of elders

for elders

in 1 Timothy 3,

1-7,

Titus 1,

5-9,

1 Peter 5,

1-4,

what we just read.

They're pretty rigorous.

Do you know why

those are in there?

Because Jesus,

the good shepherd,

loves his flock.

And he doesn't just

let anybody at him.

He wants men

of proven character

who are humble,

who are trusting in him.

So the authority

an elder team

has to exercise

in a church,

that's not their own authority.

That's a derived authority

from the chief shepherd.

That's why Peter says

when the chief shepherd appears,

you're going to give

an account to him.

Now the result

of having a healthy

and humble team

of elders

is that a local flock

is protected against people

with bad intentions

and it happens.

And that same flock

is faithfully fed

green pasture

and is faithfully led

following after

the voice of Jesus.

We are united

by the care

of the good shepherd

by his under shepherds.

It's not the only way

he cares for his church

but it is a primary way.

The fourth thing

that unites us,

the fourth unifying truth,

we are one flock

following after one shepherd.

we are united

by his blood.

I pointed this out

last week.

Every time Jesus

calls himself

the good shepherd

in John 10,

he explicitly links

him being the good shepherd

with laying down

his life for the sheep.

You see it in verse 11,

I'm the good shepherd.

The good shepherd

lays down his life

for the sheep.

Verse 14,

I'm the good shepherd.

I know my own.

My own know me

just as the Father knows me

and I know the Father

and I lay down

my life for the sheep.

Five times

in this passage,

Jesus references

laying down his life.

Two times,

he talks about

taking it up again.

It's a reference

to his death

and his resurrection

for the good

of his sheep.

And when Jesus

lays down his life

at the end of John,

it is a bloody mess

of an event.

He sheds his blood

for his sheep.

That's why Paul

in Acts 20, 28

calls the church

the blood bought.

Those whom he purchased

with his blood.

His blood made it possible

for you and me

to become his.

And it's the greatest

unifier

of them all.

The cross

levels

the playing field.

It is the great

equalizer

of the flock.

Not only does

his death

and resurrection

unite us to him,

it unites us

to one another.

So not only

are we blood

bought,

we are blood

bound.

We were all

straying

sheep

that Jesus,

the good shepherd,

came and found

and laid his life

down for.

We were all

united

in our running

away from God

and there was

no way we could

save ourselves

but because of

the grace of God

and the mercy

of the good shepherd,

he laid his life

down for us.

We all have

that in common.

We are all

united by the fact

that we have

this promise

that no one

can snatch us

out of the good

shepherd's hand

or his father's.

We are united

by his blood

in that unity

that we share.

It rightly

must bubble up

as gratitude.

United

gratitude

over

our good shepherd

who laid his life

down for us.

That's why we love

to sing so much

Sunday after Sunday.

We love to sing

of what he's done.

Do you know what this

means for us

as a church?

Here's what this means

for us as a church.

We must

begin

seeing each other

first and foremost

as the blood

bought sheep

of the good shepherd.

We

must

see

one another

with eyes

of faith

not eyes

of flesh.

Eyes of flesh

they focus

on differences.

Eyes of flesh

they make

judgments

move to judgments

like this is what

they're not.

eyes of faith

they don't

ignore differences.

Eyes of faith

recognize

blood

bought

first and foremost.

And when you

begin to see

other people

in our church

as blood

bought

sheep

of the good shepherd

it makes

you careful.

It slows

you down.

this person

belongs

to the good shepherd

purchased by

his blood.

So if you've

had a disagreement

with someone

who

some other

sheep of the

flock

remember

your blood

bought

their blood

bought

you both

belong to

the good shepherd.

Or maybe

one other

sheep

really rubs

you the wrong

way.

Blood

bought

first and foremost.

Or maybe

there's another

sheep

that just

kind of

took a bite

of you

and took a

chunk out

of you.

Blood

bought.

It's not

okay

but we're

all blood

bought

followers

of the good

shepherd.

His blood

is

greater

than

anything

that could

divide

us.

Greater

than

anything

that

could

divide

us.

We have

been united

by

his

blood.

We are

blood

bought

blood

bound.

He laid

his life

down for

us.

Which brings

me

to the

fifth point

and the

point

that I've

been looking

forward to

most.

The

we are

united

for

his

mission.

In

1016

Jesus

says

and I

have

other

sheep

that

are

not

of

this

fold.

I

must

bring

them

also

and they

will

listen

to

my

voice

so

there

will

be

one

flock

one

shepherd.

We

have

been

united

for

his

mission.

Jesus

is very

clearly

saying

here

that

he

is

calling

to

himself

sheep

from

a

multitude

of

sheep

folds

in

order

to

gather

together

as

one

flock

one

shepherd.

Of

course

he was

talking

about

the

Jewish

sheep

fold

and

going

to

the

Gentile

sheep

fold

but

there

are

sub

folds

of

Gentile

sheep.

Do I

have

an

amen?

What

you

may

not

realize

is

that

we're

part

of

his

plan.

That

must

is

a

missional

must.

I

must

bring

them

also.

And

he

has

us

in

mind

to

fulfill

that

purpose.

I

started

with

Brian

Whittington's

quote.

Here it

is again

with the

revelation

that Jesus

the good

shepherd

has laid

down

his

life

for

the

sheep

sheep

from

different

folds.

How

does

that

inform

shape

and

change

our

understanding

of all

who

gather

in

this

body?

We

have

people

gathering

Sunday

after

Sunday

sitting

next to

each

other

in the

same

pew

with

very

significant

differences

between

them.

In

one

pew

you

could

have

someone

who

is

very

wealthy

sitting

someone

who

is

dirt

poor

both

are

blood

bought.

In

the

same

pew

you

could

have

someone

who

just

got

out

of

prison

sitting

next

to

someone

who

has

never

had

a

parking

ticket

and

both

are

blood

bought.

You

can

have

someone

sitting

within

people

within

feet

of

each

other

one

is

an

ethnic

minority

someone

black

Latino

they

have

been

disadvantaged

by

an

imperfect

system

and

they're

sitting

right

next

to

someone

from

an

ethnic

majority

white

middle

class

who

has

been

advantaged

by

an

imperfect

system

both

blood

bought.

And it

goes on.

You can have

someone who's

mentally sharp

sitting next

to

mentally

ill

both

blood

bought.

Someone

highly

educated

sitting

next

to

someone

who

did

fish

middle

school

both

blood

bought.

Homeless

person

sitting

next

to

someone

who

owns

multiple

properties

in the

city

both

blood

bought.

Someone

who's

bathed

this

morning

sitting

next

to

someone

who

hasn't

bathed

in two

weeks

both

blood

bought.

How are

we going

to unite

around

these kinds

of

differences?

How are

we going

to get

through

this?

things

to

us?

Because I

am

convinced

it

is

an

opportunity

that

Jesus

intends

for us

as a

church

to make

a

statement.

Well,

here are a

number of

suggestions.

When we're

faced with

these

differences,

first

remember

this.

You need

to be

convinced

of

something.

Jesus

the good

shepherd

is actually

purposing

to unite

together

in his

flock

sheep

from

various

and different

backgrounds.

It's his

purpose.

He intends

to do it.

It's not

optional.

And we

are uniquely

positioned as

a church,

as a

people in

this location

to be

about that.

So,

the first

thing you

need to be

convinced

of is

this

one

flock,

one

shepherd

means

multicultural

gospelism.

The second

thing that

you need to

keep in

mind is

this.

How are

we,

how does

this inform

us?

How does

this shape

us?

How does

this change

us?

We've

got to reach

back into

the last

point I

just made.

We are

united by

the blood

of our

good shepherd.

It's

got to

be at

the

forefront

of our

minds.

We've

got to

be keeping

that as

kind of

the defining

thing of

who we

are.

For the

sake of

our unity,

we need

to keep

the cross

in front

of us

because it

humbles

us.

The cross

levels the

flock.

It equalizes

us all.

There's no

one in this

room who

deserves what

Jesus has

done.

The cross

keeps us

humble.

So you've

got to

remember the

purpose of

the good

shepherd is

to unite a

diverse people

and the

cross keeps

us humble.

The next

thing is

it's the

point that I

hope gets

traction in

you this

morning.

we need

to start

learning each

other's

stories out

of love for

one another.

Later on in

John, in

John 13,

just a couple

days before

Jesus lays

down his

life, he

says this,

a new

commandment,

this is

1334,

a new

commandment

I give

to you

that you

love one

another.

Just as I

have loved

you, you

also are

to love

one another.

And the

one another,

regardless of

your ethnicity,

regardless of

what fold you're

from, regardless

of your criminal

record, your

neighbor fold,

the last time

you bathed,

regardless of all

these things,

love one another.

And he says,

just as I

have loved

you, you

know what's

on his

mind.

He's about

to lay

down his

life.

In John

15, Jesus

says, greater

love is no

one than

this, that

someone lays

his life

down for

his friends.

The kind

of love that

Jesus has in

mind here for

us is not

theoretical.

It's

experiential.

It's

costly, risky,

inconvenient,

uncomfortable,

sometimes

unsettling, more

often than not,

messy.

It's a

sacrificial love

we're to love

one another

with.

But let me

help you think

something through.

You might be

thinking in your

mind right now,

well, who am I

supposed to love

like that?

When Jesus

laid down his

life, he

laid down his

life for you,

he already

knew you.

He wasn't

giving his

life for a

blurry-faced

mass of

people he

didn't know.

He was

laying down

his life for

specific

individuals given

to him en masse

by the Father.

His

substitutionary

death was

in the place

of each

of us.

He died

for me,

he died

for you,

and he

knew us

before we

were even

born.

So Jesus

didn't give

his life for

people he

didn't know,

but for

those whom

he already

knew, even

those who

are yet to

be born.

He

this may

be a

little bit

of a

stretch, but

I think

it'll make

sense.

So when

he calls

us to

love one

another,

sacrificially,

just as he

has loved

us,

he's calling

us to

lay down

our lives

for people

we know.

let me

ask you

this

question.

Right

now,

who are

you willing

to be

inconvenienced

for?

Who are

you willing

to change

your schedule

for?

Who are

you willing

to take

risks on?

Who are

you willing

to share

your resources

with?

My guess

is the

people you're

willing to

do that

with are

people you

already know,

people you

have a

relationship

with,

people you

care about.

A love

for one

another that

will span

the divides

of race,

of politics,

of neighbor

folds,

of employment

and income,

it starts

with getting

to know

one another.

It's one

thing to

get to

know

someone

of the

same

skin

color,

who's

been

living

the

same

lifestyle,

with a

similar

kind of

history.

It's

another

thing to

get to

know

someone

with a

different

skin

color,

living a

different

lifestyle,

with a

very

different

history.

heart

heart

heart

heart

heart

heart

complications,

not

having

answers

to

things,

but we

move

forward

in

love.

So

loving

one

another

starts

by

seeking

to

understand

one

another,

and I

want

to

free